Asia Times Slorc Propoganda

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Dear Readers, Does anyone have information on  this Asian Times 
correspondant, and the Asia Times organisation now evidently seeking 
favor from Slorc as Asia Times expands its coverage of Burma, using 
pro-Slorc propoganda line to get access into Burma.

Who is Stephen Brookes (Asia Times correspondent based in Yangon)and what 
's his story?

Thank you. Dawn Star, Paris 


Headline: WHAT THE YEAR 1358 HAS IN STORE FOR MYANMAR
Keywords: Myanmar, Asia Times, 
Date: April 17, 1996
Source: From: brelief@xxxxxxx (Ken and Visakha Kawasaki)

UVI.net reproduces the following article to show the type of propoganda 
and disinformation permitted and encouraged by Slorc-based journalists 
seeking favor with the Rangoon military regime at the cost of truth and 
verity  discounting in vain as it attempts to discredit the rising 
popularity of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the her popular party, the NLD. 

> Stephen Brookes (Asia Times correspondent based in Yangon)
> 
> As Myanmar dries out from the water festival that ushered in
> the new year today it's perhaps an opportune time to assess the
> state of the nation and offer a few predictions about what the
> new year - 1358, in the tradition al Myanmar calendar - may hold in store.
> 
> Despite persistent weaknesses in the economy, even its critics
> admit that Myanmar is entering the new year on a strong
> footing. The country is riding on a wave of political stability
> and sustained economic growth that it hasn't known in
> decades and which shows no signs of abating.
>